EDUCATION 

　　--B.S., 1991.07, Coral Field Geology and Exploration, China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, Hubei Province 

　　--M.S., 1998.07, Paleontology and Stratigraphy, China University of Geosciences in Beijing 

　　--Ph.D., 2003.03, Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

　　FACULTY POSITIONS 

　　--1991.07~1995.08, Geological and Mineral Engineer, Henan Institute of Regional Geological Survey, Bureau of Geology and mineral resources of Henan 

　　--1998.07~2002.12, Assistant Research Professor of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　--2003.01~2013.12, Associate Professor of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　--2013.12~present, Research Professor of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　FELLOWSHIPS 

　　--Aug. 2009~Aug. 2010, Research Scholar of the Stone Age Institute & Indiana University, IN, USA, supported by the American Council of Learned Societies and Chinese Academy of Sciences 

　　--Nov. 2010, Nov-Dec. 2011, Collaborative Research at the Witswatersrand University＆Origins Centre，supported by the Bi-lateral Collaborative Program between MST, China and National Research Foundation, South Africa 

　　--Aug. 2011, Collaborative Research at the National Museum of Kenya, supported by the Bi-lateral Collaborate Program between MST, China and National Research Foundation, South Africa 

    --Jan.~Apr. 2015, Collaborative Research at the University of Bordeaux1, supported by the Caiyuanpei Bi-lateral Collaborative Program orgnized by the China Scholarship Council (CSC)

    Paleoanthropology, Paleolithic Archaeology, Quaternary Geology. Specialized in the study on the archaeology of human evolution, site formation processes, lithic technology, living environment, and the difference and formation of human behaviors between west and east of early hominins during Pleistocene.

　　1. Pei, S. W., Niu, D. W., Guan, Y., Nian, X. M., Yi, M. J., Ma, N., Li, X. L., Mohamed Sahnouni. 2015. Middle Pleistocene hominin occupation in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, Central China: studies of formation processes and stone technology of Maling 2A site. Journal of Archaeological Science, 53: 391－407. 

　　2. Pei, S.W., Niu, D.W., Guan, Y., Nian, X.M., Kuman, K., Bae, C.J., Gao, X., 2014. The earliest Late Paleolithic in North China: Site formation processes at Shuidonggou Locality 7. Quaternary International, 347, 122－132. 

　　3. Pei, S.W., Gao, X., Wu, X.Z., Li, X.L., Bae, C.J., 2013. Middle to Late Pleistocene homimin occupation in the Three Gorges region, South China. Quaternary International, 175: 237－252. 

　　4. Pei, S.W., Gao, X., Wang, H.M., Kuman, K., Bae, C.J., Chen, F.Y., Guan, Y., Zhang, X.L., Peng, F., Li, X.L., 2012. The Shuidonggou site complex: new excavations and implications for the earliest Late Paleolithic in North China. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39:3610 －3626. 

　　5. Pei, S. W., Gao, X., Chen, F. Y., Feng, X. W., Dennell, R., 2010. Lithic assemblage from the Jingshuiwan Paleolithic site of the early Late Pleistocene in the Three Gorges, China. Quaternary International, 211: 66－74. 

　　6. Pei, S. W., Li, X. L., Liu, D. C., Ma, N., Peng, F., 2009. Preliminary study on the living environment of hominids at the Donggutuo site, Nihewan Basin. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54(21): 3896－3904. 

　　7. Pei, S. W., Zhang, J. F., Gao, X., Zhou, L. P., 2006. Optical dating of the Jingshuiwan Paleolithic site of Three Gorges. Chinese Science Bulletin, 51(11): 1334－1342. 

　　8. Pei, S. W., Hou, Y. M., 2002. Preliminary Study on Raw Materials Exploitation at Donggutuo Site, Nihewan Basin, North China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2002, (supplement): 53－66. 

　　9. Li, X. L., Pei, S., W. ^*, Jia, Z. X., Guan, Y., Niu, D. W., Ao, H., 2015. Paleoenvironmental conditions at Madigou (MDG), a newly discovered Early Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, North China. Quaternary International, (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint. 2015.07.071 

　　10. Niu, D. W., Pei, S. W. ^*, Zhang, S. Q., Zhou, Z. Y., Wang, H. M., 2015. The Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Northwest China: New evidence of cultural variability and change from Shuidonggou locality 7. Quaternary International, (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint. 2015.09.028 

　　11. Liu, W., Martinón-Torres, M., Cai, Y. J., Xing, S., Tong, H. W., Pei, S. W., 1, Sier, M. J., Wu, X. H., Edwards, L., Cheng, H., LI, Y. Y., Yang, X. X., Bermúdez de Castro, J. M., Wu, X. J., 2015. The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China. Nature, 526, 696–699. 

　　12. Yi, M. J., Robert L. Bettinger, R. J., Chen, F. Y., Pei, S.W., Gao, X., 2014. The significance of Shuidonggou Locality 12 to studies of hunter gatherer adaptive strategies in North China during the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary International, 347: 97-104. 

　　13. Guan, Y., Pearsall, D. M., Gao, X., Chen, F. Y., Pei, S. W., Zhou, Z. Y., 2014. Plant use activities during the Upper Paleolithic in East Eurasia: Evidence from the Shuidonggou Site, Northwest China. Quaternary International, 347: 74-83. 

　　14. Gao, X., Guan, Y., Chen, Y. Y., Yi, M. J., Pei, S. W., Wang, H. M., 2014. The discovery of Late Paleolithic boiling stones at SDG 12, north China. Quaternary International, 347: 91-96. 

　　15. Li, F., Gao, X., Chen, F.Y., Pei, S.W., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X.L., Liu, D.C., Zhang, S.Q., Guan, Y., Wang, H.M., Kuhn, S.L., 2013. The development of Upper Paleolithic China: new results from the Shuidonggou site. Antiquity, 87, 368–383.  

　　16. Guan, Y., Gao, X., Li, F., Pei, S.W., Chen, F.Y., Zhou, Z.Y., 2012. Modern human behavior during the late stage of MIS3 and the Broad Spectrum Revolution: evidence from Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57(4):379－386.  

　　17. Ao, H., An, Z.S., Dekkers, M.J., Wei, Q., Pei, S.W., Zhao, H., Zhao, H.L., Xiao, G.Q., Qiang, X.K., Wu, D.C., Chang, H., 2012. High-resolution record of geomagnetic excursions in the Matuyama chron constrains the ages of the Feiliang and Lanpo Paleolithic sites in the Nihewan Basin, North China. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2012GC 004095.  

　　18. Guan. Y., Gao, X., Wang, H. M., Chen, F. Y., Pei, S. W., Zhang, X. L., Zhou, Z. Y., 2011. Spatial analysis of intra-site use at a Late Paleolithic site at Shuidonggou, Northwest China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 56(32): 3457－3463.  

　　19. Liu, W., Wu, X. Z., Pei, S. W., Wu, X. J., Norton, C. J., 2010. Huanglong Cave: A Late Pleistocene human fossil site in Hubei Province, China. Quaternary International, 211: 29－41.  

　　20. Wu, X. Z., Wang, Y. F., Pei, S. W., Wu, X. J., 2009. Virtual three dimensions reconstruction and isoline analysis of human marks on the surface of animal fossils. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54(9): 1564－1569.  

　　21. Gao, X., Yuan, B. Y., Pei, S. W., Wang, H. M., Chen, F. Y., Feng, X. W., 2008. Analysis of sedimentary－geomorphologic variation and the living environment of hominids at the Shuidonggou Paleolithic site. Chinese Science Bulletin, 53 (13): 2025－2032. 

　　22. Pei, S. W., 2014. A General Review of Oldowan Technological Classification Systems. Acta Anthropologica Sinica，33(3): 329－342.(in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　23. Pei, S.W., Niu, D.W., Gao, X., Chen, F.Y., Feng, X.W., Zhang, S.Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X.L., Ma, N., Peng, F., Zhou, Z.Y., Guan, Y., Wang, H.M. 2014. A Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Shuidonggou Locality 7 in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, North China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica，33(1): 1－16.(in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　24. Pei, S.W., Ma, N., Li, X.L. 2010. A report on the discovery of some Paleolithic localities on the eastern part of Nihewan basin in 2007. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 29(1): 33－43. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　25. Pei, S.W., Gao, X., Xu, C.H., Yang, N.Y., Huang, Z.M., Mei, H.J., Guan, Y., Ma, N., Yi, M.J. 2010. A preliminary report on the investigation and test excavation of caves in Gaoping, Jianshi County, Hubei province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 29(4): 383－394. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　26. Pei, S.W., Guan, Y., Gao, X. 2008. A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Pengjiahe Paleolithic Site in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 27(2): 95－110. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　27. Pei, S.W., Wu, X.Z., Wu, X.J. 2008. Preliminary study on lithic technique and adaptive behabior of hominid at Huanglong cave. Quaternary Sciences, 28(6): 1007－1013. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　28. Pei, S.W., Chen, F.Y., Zhang, Y., Cao, M.M., Huang, X., Gao, X. 2007. Preliminary report on the excavation of the Liuhuaishan Paleolithic site at Baise , South China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 26(1): 1－15. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　29. Pei, S.W., Song, G.D. 2006. Preliminary Report on Paleoliths fom Xixia , Henan Province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 25(4): 323－331. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　30. Pei, S.W., Gao, X., Feng, X.W., Chen, F.Y. 2006. Human adaptive behaviors during Pleistocene in the Three Gorges Region. Quaternary Sciences, 26(4): 534－542. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　31. Pei, S.W., Wei, Q., Feng, X.W., Chen, F.Y., Gao, X., Zhu, S.L., Wu, T.Q., Li, G.H. 2005. The stone artifacts excavated from Gaojiazhen Paleolithic site in 1998. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 24(2): 104－120. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　32. Pei, S.W., Chen, F.Y., Feng, X.W., Gao, X., Wei, Q., Li, G.H. 2004. Zaoziping Paleolithic site in the Three Gorges region. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 23(3): 200－212. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　33. Pei, S.W., Feng, X.W., Chen, F.Y., Gao, X.. 2004. Human adaptive behaviors of late Middle Pleistocene to early Upper Pleistocene in the Three Gorges Region, China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 23(supplement), 162－173. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　34. Pei, S.W., Feng, X.W., Chen, F.Y., Gao, X., Zhang, W.Q., 2004. Natural environment of Jingshuiwan Paleolithic site in the Three Gorges Region. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 24(4): 109－114. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　35. Pei, S.W., Gao, X., Feng, X.W., Chen, F.Y., Wei, Q., Zhu, S.L., Li, G.H., Wu, T.Q. 2003. Preliminary study on Jingshuiwan Paleolithic site, Three Gorges Region. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 22(4): 261－278. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　36. Pei, S.W. 2002. The Paleolithic site at Dachangliang in Nihewan basin, North China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 21(2): 116－125. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　37. Pei, S.W. 2001. Discovery of Coelodonta antiquitatis from Hutouliang in Nihewan basin. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 39(1): 72－75. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　38. Pei, S. W. 2001. Preliminary study on Raw materials exploitation at Donggutuo site, Nihewan basin, North China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 20(4): 271－281. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　39. Pei, S.W. 2001. Classification of the raw materials from stoneware and a discussion on otherrelated issues. Wenwu Chunqiu, 2: 17－23，76. (in Chinese) 

　　40. Jia, Z. X., Zhang, X. L., Pei, S.W. ^* 2015. Stone Artifacts Collected from the Xibaimaying Site in the Nihewan Basin. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 34(3): 299－306.(in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　41. Niu, D.W., Pei, S.W. ^*, Yi, M.J., Ma, N., 2014. Lithic assemblage from Jiawan Paleolithic locality 1 Paleolithic site in the Danjingkou Reservoir Region. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 33(2): (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　42. Li, Y.Y., Pei, S.W. ^*, Tong. H.W., Yang, X.X., Cai, Y.J., Liu, W., Wu, X.J. 2013. A Preliminary Report on the 2011 Excavation at Houbeishan Fuyan Cave, Daoxian, Hunan Province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 32(2)：133－143. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　43. Niu, D.W., Ma, N., Pei, S.W. ^*, Feng, F. 2012. A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Songwan Paleolithic Locality in the Danjingkou Reservoir Region. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 31(1):11－23. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　44. Wu, X.Z., Pei, S.W.^*, Wu, X.J., Qu, S.M., Chen, M.H., Hu, Q., Liu, W. 2009. A Preliminary Study of the Bailong Cave Paleoanthropological Site in Yunxi County , Hubei Province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 28(1): 1－15. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　45. Ma, N., Pei, S.W.^*, Peng, F., Gao, X., Li, G.H. 2009. A preliminary report on the excavation of the Chibaling Paleolithic site in the Three Gorges Region. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 28(3): 262－275. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　46. Peng, F., Pei, S.W. ^*, Ma, N., Gao, X., Li, G.H. 2009. A report on the 2007 excavation of the Ranjialukou Paleolithic site in the Three Gorges Region, China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 28(2): 130－146. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

　　*Corresponding author 

　　Principal Investigator, Basic Scientific Special Program of MST of China (Grant No. 2014FY110300) - “Investigation and study of early hominins site in the Nihewan Basin, North China”, 2014-2018 

　　Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grant no. 41372032, “Study on the relationship between adaptive behavior and environment of early hominins in the Nihewan basin – evidence from Madigou site”, 2014-2017. 

　　Principal Investigator, NSFC, grant no. 40672119, "Study on the lithic technology and living environment of early hominins at Donggutuo site ", 2007-2009. 

　　the Principal Investigator, Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant no. kzzd-ew-15)- “Oriental human origin-case study from Nihewan basin”, (2013-2016)